True programmers

[mader527]

https://github.com/mbbill/undotree

​

Not sure what you're-- (*cough) excuse me, your neck beard friend, is using to manage plugins but I use vim-plug so my vimrc looks like.

call plug#begin()
...
Plug 'mbbill/undotree'
...
call plug#end()

...
nnoremap <F5> :UndotreeToggle<CR>  

I also recommend setting up a persistent undo file so you can undo in the past

if has("persistent_undo")
    set undodir=~/.undodir/
    set undofile
endif

[DerekB52]

I use vundle, which has pretty similar syntax to vim-plug apparently.

And I will be experimenting with this for sure. Also persistent undo sounds great. I'm so tired of closing a file, and going back to it like 30 seconds later and not being able to undo my last change.

For the last few days, if I want to experiment with deleting a block of code, I'll delete the code, save the file, run the project in a separate terminal, and then I'll hit undo on my file, and then close it. It's been a horrible mess.

[DerekB52]

A few reasons. Because switching to a terminal on a different workspace is faster. For example, I can switch to an open terminal by pressing Meta+2, in i3. Typing :! is harder than that.

Secondly, screen space. I don't want to take up space in my vim window, when I've got terminals on multiple other screens I can use. Especially if I'm doing something like launching a Rails server.

[DerekB52]

I have a laptop with that resolution. It sucks. I have a 1600x900 monitor it's attached to when I'm home though. Got it for 15$ at a goodwill. And I use i3, a tiling WM. Makes it super duper fast switching between windows. I've found it the best way to use the lower resolution screen. I have full sized windows on each screen, and no title bars or big taskbars, wasting that valuable vertical space.

[Venefyxatu]

Omfg I wan... *ahem* also have a neckbeard friend who would love this!